Conditions for science education in pre-school : An interview survey about the conditions for science education in pre-school (English)

Abstract [en]

The purpose of this study is to examine the conditions for pre-school teachers to achieve those goals that are constituted for science education in the Swedish curriculum for the pre-school. The study questions of formulations are: which importance have the conditions for the work with science education in pre-school, which importance have pre-school teachers engagement and knowledge for the work with science education in pre-school and does the pre-school pre-school teachers think that they have enough conditions to achieve those goals that are constituted for science education in the Swedish curriculum for the pre-school. The results are based on an interview survey with ten pre-school teachers from three pre-schools that are connected in a unit. The interviews were recorded and transcribed. The results from the study points out that the pre-school teachers engagement are most important for the work with science education in pre-school to flourish. Which conditions there are, have less importance for the work with science education works out, even if the respondent reckoned that they benefited from the fact that they have the forest in the near from their pre-school. The results from the study also points out that the conditions for science education in pre-school are good enough to the goals that are constituted for science education in the Swedish curriculum for the pre-school and that the pre-school teachers engagement where the most important condition to achieve those goals. In the discussion is argued for that the study results also can be applied to other subjects in the pre-school environment. It is also argued that the results could have been different if pre-school teachers, from other pre-schools with different conditions had been interviewed.